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Vadra Land Deal Case : A hot election issue

Vadra Land Deal Case : A hot election issue By  Deepak Parvatiyar October 11, 2014 This is one such case that involves high and mighty – Congress Party President Sonia Gandhi’s son-in-law Robert Vadra!  His alleged involvement in controversial land deals in Haryana and Rajasthan had been a hotly discussed issue. The Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) has ubiquitously termed it as ‘Damadgate’ a la ‘Watergate’. Narendra Modi, whenever in a campaign mode, has been quite acerbic in his remarks on this issue. Image Credits:  Last Emperor The immediate provocation for Modi to rake up the issue of Vadra land deals now once again at his elections rallies in Haryana which faces assembly elections on 15th October, was the report that the Congress government of Haryana had  cleared a land deal between Robert Vadra and real estate major DLF. Modi alleged the State Chief Minister Bhupinder Singh Hooda was “pressurised from the top (Congress leadership) to take such a decision,” and “hope